Area: 92,212 sq km (35,603 sq mi) Population (2014 est.): 10,403,000 Capital: Lisbon Head of state: President Aníbal Cavaco Silva Head of government: Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho In 2014 Portugal fulfilled the austerity -aimed obligations that had been imposed by the “Troika”—the IMF, the European Commission, and the European Central Bank —under the terms of the €78 billion ($113 billion) financial bailout that the country had received three years earlier. Under Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, pension and labour-market reforms continued apace, and the economy responded positively, eking out consistent, if small, GDP growth quarter on quarter. As had been characteristic throughout the Troika’s intervention, economic growth was dominated by increased exports and diminished imports as the country struggled to adjust to slower wage growth, higher taxes, lower pensions, and historically high unemployment. The main opposition Socialist Party (PS) prepared for the election season...